Gold Digger Insertion files chapter 14

Home again, a Cheetah's journey

By Agent Reptile

By the time Britanny and I decided to actually get up and out of bed, the sun had risen above the horizon and most everyone was busy with the various responsibilities of their people. While Britanny had shown the ability to run as fast as a bullet, and many of the werecheetahs had shown exceptional swiftness of foot, the people of the village weren't moving much faster than a normal stride for those with such long legs.

"Kind of picturesque isn't it muffin?" Brit said as she wrapped her arms around me and pressed her head to mine. She was almost kneeling at this point and her arms and impressive frame felt like a furry blanket around me. It was a very pleasant experience to say the least.

"You have a very wonderful people here Britanny. Sure you don't want to stay and be their princess all the time?"

"Well it would be nice, but I have a home and I think the best thing I can do for my people is let them be in peace. We definitely will drop by here regularly, but really they've lived in peace for so long that it would be terrible to spoil it for them." She hugged me and purred a bit, rubbing her furry face into my sideburns.

"But I do worry what will happen if they get discovered by that jerk who killed the rest of my family." Britanny added. "He is still out there and has made my family a target, even before I was adopted."

"He won't get to you Brit." I said as I wrapped my arm backwards around her head. "I don't care how I have to do it, but if that ratbastard or the betrayer try anything with you I will gladly put both into the grave personally."

I snuggled against the woman I adored and felt her squeeze me a few times.

"I appreciate that muffin, but last thing I want is you to take up cold blooded murder." Britanny nibbled my ear. "My hero…"

"My lady." I said as I rubbed her behind the ears. The purrs coming from Britanny were vibrating through my head like a massage chair.

"So stud, want to see what everyone is up to or what other royal responsibilities we may have?" Brit said as she stood up and towered over me. Her big smile was as bright as the morning sun. Her shinning golden fur was countered by her tight-fitting garments

"Sure." I said as I took her hand in mine and kissed it. Her soft and silky coat extended to her extremities and while her hand was far bigger than my own, she still had a level of feminine delicateness to it. The fact her fingers did end in well kept nails and she giggled a bit at my display of chivalry her womanly status very clear. Of course her nails could extend into claws and her hand cold drive a hole in steel plate, but regardless she and I headed to where the feast had been going on and walked down the street to the waves and cheers of the people.

The kids occasionally would run up and wave at Brit while stare in awe and wonder at me, one of the first humans they had ever seen with whiter skin from the outside world. The families still around were mostly the kids and older women who were busy with pottery and stewing the kills brought home by the younger members of the society. Some were busy tearing up plants that they were used for medicinal or dietary means and others were busy bringing down the latest catch to the people. It was then that we both saw why we have not seen any werecheetahs hunting during the afternoon when we had first showed up in the area. While the heat of day was raging outside, this isolated covered land was far cooler than what Brit and I had gone through. And yet the sun seemed to be shining bright though the enchanted roof.

"Did someone install an airconditioner in here or something?" Brit asked as we found it to be a rather enjoyable experience.

"Oh finally you two are up." Gina said as she was taking notes while interviewing a few of the more amiable populous. "You won't believe how complex this society is."

"Well at least she hasn't started a war yet." I joke to Britanny who kissed the side of my head and tickled the inside of my ear with her soft fur.

"So supernerd, where are Brianna and Tanya?" Brit ask as she leaned down to her sister and smirked.

"Oh Bri was busy checking on the single guys, and Tanya has been talking with Captain Savemore for the last few hours."

"I think we started a trend." I joke at Britanny as I rub her back.

"Nay muffin, Bri is as boy hungry as this bucket of hormones here." Britanny said as she patted Gina on the back. "If there is any cute boys around then Brianna is the first to find them."

"At least I got up at a reasonable time this morning." Gina spat back while holding a bit of paper form her pocket. "And actually, started doing work around here."

"We were doing work as well thank you." I said looking at Gina's perplexed expression trying to do the best "I know something you don't face". "Britanny and I were busy with her royal duties to her people for most of the morning."

"Royal duties?" Gina folder her arms under her chest. "I can't get her to mow the lawn on the weekend what duties would she be….oh, oh you cheeky bastard." Gina smiled at me. I got her and I got her good. She then got up and put the paper in my hand. "Well buddy here is a little bit more about the woman you are now engaged to."

"Gina what exactly are you sharing with Alex?" Brit sounded absolutely terrified as I started to open the paper. She in fact wrapped her hands over my hands and kept the paper closed and out of my eyes. I was a bit weary myself, but honestly if this was some sort of former lover's plea for attention I was probably going to turn into Johnny Storm and burn the paper to cinders.

"Oh just a little bit of mail I kept from a few months ago that I figured would be perfect for just such a situation." Gina's sisterly teasing was bordering on annoying me now.

"Brit, let me see please." I asked her as Britanny's eyes started to water and she started so shiver as her tail wrapped around my legs. She loosed her hands from my own and I took a look at the thing in my hands. It was a folded over white paper with something printed on it. The fear that Britanny had at his though was almost palatable and the usually confident and proud woman I love was trembling like a tiny kitty who lost its mother.

"Muffin, uh I can explain…." I then got a good look at what it was that got Britanny's hair on edge as it was…her credit card bill….and oh boy it was just as bad as the comics made it out to be. My eyes bulged out of my head seeing this as I mistook it for the GDP of a third world country. I then closed my eyes for a second and carefully looked at each item she bought. I remember months ago when she mentioned how she had to go through a huge amount of cloths while going to the mall. And yea she wore out shoes likes crazy with her high-speed runs and her shoes used the same rubber as the tires from NASCAR and formula one racers. Then there was the shampoo she had to go through regularly to keep her shinny coat clean and silky. Well….dang this was still huge.

I put the paper down and pinched my eyes. Okay this wasn't impossible to deal with.

"Uh muffin…" Britanny started shivering again in a mix of fear and shame.

I looked up at her and her terrorized face and did the one thing I should do. I wrapped my arm around her waist and patted her back.

"Well looks like I'm going to have to go public with some of my inventions before I wanted to." I said trying to think of a solution to this mess.

Britanny just hugged me tight and started purring again. "I'm expensive girl babe, but I'm loyal."

"Yea…I'll start working on building a fortune soon to cover this." I groaned a bit. If I made bank on tech from Stark Enterprises, Wayne Tech, Lex Corp, and other brilliant business owners cornering the market on such things as music and communications technology in a pre-wifi world then I could easily pay off Britanny's debts before we marry. Love the girl, but she sucks when it comes to controlling her spending.

"Well dear it's not so bad." Britanny sheepishly tried to chuckle her way out of the serious issue she was obscuring. "I mean the collectors know that I'm usually good for it…after a while and don't cause too much trouble by trying to sell historical relics…."

"Gina quick question." I did ignore Britanny for a moment, but I had a good reason to do so. "The Arc reactor system we got working on the Blackbird, have we tried making a larger version of it?"

"As it a fully functional power source that we can make for a city or so?" Gina said going into full scientist mode. "It is possible, but knowing the EPA and the like it would take a huge demonstration to get them to give the go ahead for a new power plant….not to mention needing the capital to build one…."

"And what if we were to demonstrate how ecologically sound it is and efficient it is, say on a multi-city level experiment?" At this point Britanny, Gina, and the werecheetahs who Gina had been interviewing were curious as to what I was getting at. "Specifically in a country looking for a way to power their populous."

"You want to push ahead and try to have a plant built in Japan?" Gina asked. With the recent fall of the Soviet Union and the denuclearization of the US and the newly freed Russian State there was a lot of spare military grade uranium lying around that would otherwise be turned into fuel rods. It was part of the pay for nukes program that President Bush pushed that helped ease tensions between the East and West at the fall of the Iron Curtain. This was a good thing and a bad thing. Good as that meant less nukes being used to threaten humanity, but bad in that with cheep fuel there may be no reason to invest in the Stark Enterprises power supply of Arc Reactors.

"Well they keep needing extra power and with the ring of fire there is always the problem if a nuclear power plant goes into meltdown due to earthquakes or volcanic activity." I pointed this out with some understanding of the dreaded Fukoshima reactor disaster that had yet to happen. "But Arc Reactors don't go into meltdown. So we may be able to convince them to try our system."

"What the where they have those silly sailor dressed girls fight monsters all the time? Heck they probably beg for a new source of cheap fuel." Britanny pointed out. "I mean every week we hear about 'power outages in Japan' because some eldritch abomination showed up."

"What are you talking about Brit?" I asked her in a complete loss as to how to respond.

"Oh yea those girls. Some sort of Saturday morning cartoon wanabees regularly show up and fight monsters that cause black-outs and power outages. Dad went over to see if they were real or not as they are magic users, but never got a good read on them as they show up and disappeared so fast they couldn't really be identified. In fact the people there get more money selling toys than anything I think."

"You are telling me that Sailor Moon is real in this universe?" I asked in shock to Britanny and Gina. "You have thirteen year olds transforming into magic soldiers of love who fight the villain of the week essentially ripping off the guy I used to take the gold out of Dreadwing's cave's shtick?"

"Wait that blond hunk you used is a magically transforming character?" Britanny said as she scratched her head. "Okay that is kinda obvious, and better looking than that tuxedo weirdo that they run with. You haven't used him in a while actually."

"Better question, how do you know who they are?" Gina asked in wonder and suspicion.

"Sailor Moon? It's a manga and anime in my universe." I explained. "Around the time your comic was published it got released stateside on a major cable network and they brought all the merchandise over about this time." I continued to clarify.

"And you watched it?"

"I was thirteen and cartoons kinda died in the US at the time. Plus I was the same age as the characters and they seemed to be interesting."

"You probably thought the girls were cute too." Gina joked. This may have been true when I was a teenager, but I was not going to admit such in front of Brit who I just wound up engaged to.

"As I said I was the same age so it was completely fine…but anyway topic for later. And I guess we have a lead on our next adventure huh Brit?"

"I wouldn't go heading out just yet." The aged voice of the Captain said behind us.

"Oh hi what's up Captain?" Britanny smiled at the acting head of the werecheetah settlement. He was still dressed in the worn uniform that he had greeted us in yesterday.

"Not much my princess. I hope that you and your partner got enough sleep." He smiled at us and bowed to his princess. "In the time you were resting after your wonderful display during your trial, I had a wonderful chat with Tanya and a bit more understanding about that peace you gained with the werewolves."

"It was the right thing to do. I'm not going to continue a pointless feud that nearly killed all of us." Britanny said as she focused on Captain Savemore.

"I completely agree. It was rather pointless….still I wished to inform you that while the werewolves and their Alpha have formally ended the war and feud with you, there still needs to be a formal peace terms made out between our people…since as you can see there are more werecheetahs alive that you thought."

"Wait wouldn't Britanny's handshake count as a formal treaty?" Gina asked as she scratched the back of her head. "If Jetta is the alpha of the werewolves then her word essentially is law."

"Yes, but what if a new alpha comes to power? Or if tensions continue to exist. We are at peace, but an uneasy peace and we will need settle our differences on neutral grounds." The captain had a point, and it was a very important one. If there was going to be peace between the werewolves and the werecheetahs then both peoples would need a formal peace terms and have Jetta and Britanny come together as friends.

"I take it that you have an idea on how to do this?"

"As a matter of fact we have the perfect solution to this issue." Tanya said making herself know to us. "After a long discussion with the Captain about werecheetah culture, and the mission that my prince trusted me with, we have agreed to send an olive branch to Jetta's people and have peace terms in El Dorado."

That was absolutely brilliant. Tanya would be bringing her people great honor on top of being able to help her people make two allies rather than just one potential one.

"Cool. So any idea how we get in contact with Jetta?" Gina smiled at the idea. "Trying to get back into Eden without an invite doesn't seem like a great idea."

"Simple Gina." Tanya smiled at the oldest member of the Digger's family. "We can take the Blackbird back to Ireland and ask Sanders about contacting his sister. They seem to have some way to contact their alpha with ease."

"Anyone tell you how brilliant you are?" I smiled at Tanya. "So are we heading out soon? I mean you have been extremely hospitable Captain but the only way to communicate with the werewolves is to physically go to them."

"I take it that they have the same level of technology as we do?" Captain Savemore said as he scratched his chin.

"Yep." Britanny said pipping in. "They have homes and the like, but no radio and live off the land like our people do."

"More deer meat than antelope, but not too different from your own." Gina pipped in as she went over her notes. "I think that there would be plenty of room in El Dorado to have such a conference if Stripe is open to the idea."

"I believe that I would be fully capable of convincing him to give this a time. The only issue is that we need to communicate with my prince and we left our communicators back at the jet."

The Blackbird, where we had left Genn to hold down the fort while we played diplomats, was still somewhere cloaked in the open grasslands of Africa idol. And while Genn could hold down the fort, we probably should check up on the guy as it had been about a day and a half since anyone spoke to him, her….whatever form Genn was in. So no idea what if anything had happened. While Britanny would love to stay, we did have to get back and start diplomatic work with Jetta and her people…

"Well the matter is simple." The Captain said with a grin on his face. "You will head back to your aircraft and start work on a formal peace accord with Jetta with the Kryn as intermediaries." The aged man had that smile that means you are up to something, but what it was I had no idea. "With a few representatives go to go along with you of course."

This caught Gina, Brit, and myself by surprise. I was mostly worried about how the heck to get everyone back to the Blackbird as Ironhide had no more room for equipment and only one more person and he was the biggest offroad transport that we had available.

"How many of these representatives are you suggesting we bring?" Gina asked as she was doing the mental calculations and probably trying to figure out how to introduce them to her family. Plus I hazard to guess that more than one werecat in the household was going to spike the food bills a bit.

"I would say three would be a fair number. One as a personal body guard for my princess and two of our younger members to open their minds to the wider world."

A wise and fair request, but how were we going to get back to the Blackbird.

"A bodyguard?" Britanny blinked. "Do I need protection Captain?" Britanny joked back at him while flexing her biceps.

"More than you may know, but not because you are not an extremely capable woman my princess." The Captain's diplomatic experience really was showing off at this point. "More it is that I fear many would rather peace not come between our people and the werewolves. That there are many who would like to see this one bastion of hope for our people quashed before it comes true. And as such I would like another set of eyes and ears to show we are dedicated to this peace as much as they are."

"Well, I can't say I don't agree with the sentiment. But who are you expecting to join us with Brian? And while I am on it why did you call him Ben?"

"Oh that? It's his middle name. Brian Benjamin Savemore. Ben was the name I called him when he was but a boy."

"Well thanks for clearing that up." I smiled at him.

"And which two kids will we be dragging with us Captain?" Gina asked as she worried about something with the kids tagging along.

"Oh I think a certain pair have shown the proper respect and understanding of their role in the werecheetah society and who may gain a lot from getting out into the more open world." At this everyone knew exactly who the Captain was talking about.

"So we grab Sean and Megan, get our way after politely saying we'll be back in a while, and start working on a peace accord. And hope that no one gets in the way." I said with a sigh. "So where is Brianna anyway?"

"Oh her." Gina started to giggle. "She was trying to flirt with a few of the local boys, but she kind of intimidated them a bit."

I looked around and the werecheetah males seemed to mostly be about six feet in height and about the same build as Brianna. So what was the issue.

"Yes well most werecheetah women aren't as, built shall we say as your sister." Savemore smiled as he tried to be diplomatic. "Or you my dear lady." The captain said as he addressed Britanny.

"Well I like her just the way she is." I said as I wrapped my arm around Britanny and hugged her.

"Wise man." Savemore joked at me.

"He's a keeper." Britanny smiled as she picked me up hugging me with one arm. "And you and I have a lot to explain when we get back home." Without a doubt Theo and Julia would love to hear about the werecheetahs and the fact I was going to be marring Britanny. Not that I would mind being married to her, but weddings unnerve me. Plus Brit still hadn't met any of my family. But at least I proved how serious I was about my love for this gal.

"I shall get my son and the others ready to leave. Will you need provisions for your trek?" The Captain asked with a smile on his face.

"Probably not, as we won't be walking that long." I said as I figured out at least one way to get everyone back to the jet. It wasn't the most optimal choice, but it would work.

"Then how will you be getting back to your craft? It has to be miles from here and that will take days of walking." Savemore sr. said in awe.

"Oh we going to be driving off soon?" Brianna smiled as she finally joined us.

"Not quite, but I have an idea Bri." I said as we moved out from the underground home of the werecheetahs.

"Okay muffin what are you thinking?" Britanny said excited at the next character I got to show off.

"Well you know how I've used a few transforming robotic beings before?"

"Well yea, but Ironhide and Sideswipe don't have enough room for seven." Britanny pointed out.

"No I don't have access to an Autobot who can do the job, but Autobots aren't the only Cybertronians I have access to…." I said ominously. Walking far away from everyone I expanded my body massively over everyone else as once more metallic skin and circuitry replaced my flesh and blood. But this time it was not the friendly and honest form of an Autobot, but the fearsome and malicious presence of a Decepticon.

"Alright organics, we need to fly." I pushed back hard on the loathsome personality of the head reconicense expert of Megatron's forces: Grindor. I shifted my body from a giant robotic killing machine to that of a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter. "Pile in and we will move this as fast as possible."

"Kinda rude ain't he?" Megan asked as everyone loaded up and I started my rotors.

"Alex are you okay with this?" Britanny asked with concern. I was trying to focus on Grindor as a character and keep his less polite opinion of humans in check at the same time.

"No, but it will work. Just buckle up and we will be on our way." I said rather bluntly.

"Did the princess's fiancé just turn into a giant metal man and then into a machine?" Megan said in awe as she ran her fingers over my metal frame.

"Organic, I suggest you get in now before we waste any more time." I just about growled at Sean, much to Britanny's irritation.

"Alex what in the world is going with you?" Britanny asked as she gripped my pilot seat firmly. "Ironhide and Sideswipe weren't nearly as offensive as you are being now."

"Ironhide and Sideswipe are Autobots. I am currently in the form of the Decepticon Grindor, and I am holding back the viral hatred from him towards organic life." I explained plainly. "The faster we do this then the faster we don't have to deal with this extremely uncomfortable situation."

Britanny got what I was saying and patted my metal frame. I hated myself for being so abrasive towards the woman I loved, but this was the only way to get everyone to the blackbird quickly and safely. I was disgusted with the hatred radiating from the spark of Grindor. If this was how a Decepitcon felt all the time then no wonder there was never peace between Optimus and Megatron.

"Muffin I love you." Britanny said as she relaxed. "Thanks for doing this." She collected herself for a moment before cupping her hands to her mouth and directing everyone. "Okay all hands strap in and lets get airborne." Brit jumped into the cockpit and patted my control consol.

"Uh what wait huh…" Sean asked as Brianna grabbed him and Megan and strapped them down to the built-in chairs along the side of my airframe.

"Don't argue, just do." Brianna explained as she strapped in next to Brian and Gina while Tanya decided she wanted to ride shotgun.

"Enjoying the view?" Britanny asked the sorceress as I shut the side doors and started to take off. The Captain below waved us on in awe of seeing his first flying machine. The powerful cybertronian body parts made into the shape of turbo-shaft jet engines roared to life and we rose from the ground heading off to where the Blackbird had been landed.

"Indeed." Tanya said in awe. She turned her head from left to right as I rose thousands of feet into the air. For Ironhide the trek was a few hours, but for Grindor it was but a short jaunt. The grasslands rolled on like an ocean of yellow as the herds in the distance ran from the sound of my rotors.

"Is this how you usually travel?" Sean said in wonder as he had never been as high as I was flying.

"Not usually." Gina pointed out. "But Alex often does this in a pinch." She headed up to the cockpit where Tanya was still enthralled with the trip and pulled out her GPS unit.

I was busy keeping us all airborne, so my focus was somewhere else. About twenty minutes of just watching the scenery below with little conversation, the eldest Diggers sister broke the silence.

"So Britanny what are you thinking?" Gina asked as she placed her hands on her sister's back.

"About?" Britanny asked as she kept her aloof nature and started fiddling with her claws using a file.

"I don't know. Telling mom and dad about the werecheetahs, the fact you are engaged, the fact you still haven't payed off your recent credit card bills…"

"That will be taken care of when we promote the arc reactor system to Japan." I pointed out as we came around to the Blackbird's shielded barrier. "Now all organics out of my superstructor now." I landed and popped open the loading door as everyone bailed out as the rotor blades stopped spinning.

"Sheesh what bug got up your butt." Megan asked as she hopped out and tried to intimidate me.

As the last of them jumped out of my internal structure, I pulled the rotor blades back, popped the front of my cockpit apart and stood up into the menacing form of the Decepticon I needed to use.

"Ignorant organic, I do not have a 'butt'." I stared down Megan, who was trembling. This sensation was shared by many of the others who were standing around me. I quickly shifted back to myself and shivered all over. "Okay not doing that again for a while…sorry Decepticons are the least amiable of beings I can turn into. Nothing personal."

I quickly passed through the plasma barrier to find Genn and see what was going on.

"Hey Genn where are you hiding?" This was odd as the Rakanshi wasn't one to avoid making an appearance.

"Oh Genn, where did you shuffle off to?" Brianna said as she said in the most seductive voice she could utter. I guess a few days of not getting any and being rejected by every single male member of the werecheetah tribe meant Brianna had some serious steam to burn off.

"Hey Alex why don't you come back here and explain what just happened." Britanny said calling from outside the ship.

"What are you saying dear?" I asked heading back down the gang plank. Instantly Britanny grabbed my arm and pulled me to her side.

"I said why don't you explain to these nice people what you did."

"Oh with Grindor?" Britanny nodded at this. I figured that I had been kinda rude, but considering he is a Decepticon. It was then that the gang plank closed behind us and the sounds of Brianna and Genn coming from within.

"Did you do that just so Brianna could.."

"Now muffin why don't you tell us why you were so rude." Britanny smiled as she patted my shoulder and hugged me. She deliberately squished my head against her chest a bit showing she wasn't upset. See Britanny is a tease, a very skilled tease, and she knew very well that I found myself stairing at her body a lot and especially her bust that was eye-level to me. So she kinda started letting me get a feel as a way to get my attention and showing she wasn't upset with me. I used chocolate chip cookies to do the same for her so it worked out great.

"Alright already babe." I answered, as muffled sounds happened inside the blackbird. "Long story short for all the heroes I can turn into I also can turn into…well lets be honest here villains. And no hero I had access to could carry us from the werecheetah grounds back to our aircraft even if Ironhide's bed was empty."

"Ironhide?" Brian asked me as he scratched his head. I was tempted to transform, but Britanny squeezed me a bit more and I just stayed where I was enjoying the cuddles.

"Another Cybertronian I can become. Hero, weapons expert of the Autobots….but as he is a truck there wouldn't be enough room to use him like we did finding your place. So I bit my teeth and used a Decepticon named Grindor who could turn into a USAF rescue helicopter. As I pick up the personalities of those I turn into it wasn't a pleasant experience for me either…and no hard feelings okay Decepticons don't like anybody and they really hate organic lifeforms…or at least look down on them heavily."

"You've officially lost me at this point." Brian said as he shook his head. "I a here solely to protect the princess and to represent my people." He then sat down under the shade of the Blackbird's wings as the sun began to rise. This also seemed to affect Britanny, Sean, and Megan as they all seemed to doze off and Gina and I started to play a card game with Tanya. I was not stupid enough to try and do so by myself. Brianna seemed to be very busy with the shapeshifted and the sound of the shocks rocking made it clear they were very enthusiastic.

"Dang girl, don't wreck the jet." Britanny said as she grabbed the hat Brianna gave her days ago and pulled it over her eyes. "Need to find someway to get home afterall." It was extremely unlikely that Brianna would have heard Britanny even without the activity going on inside the Blackbird as there was a lot of vibranium in the aircraft, but

"Now mon ami we play ol' Gambit's way." I smirked as I pulled out a deck of cards and started to shuffle them. This meant that I grabbed the deck in one hand, pressed my index finger to the bottom card with the rest held with my thumb and middle finger and launched the cards from one hand to another. I did this a few times with my focus somewhere else and eventually was flipping cards so that they had their tops towards the girls. I then did the trick with both hands so that the cards promptly formed a nice pile on the table.

"Care to cut the cards mon freur?" I smiled without looking up to either one of them. "Or you trust O' Gambit not ta cheat?" I smiled at Gina as I laid back away from the cards.

"Okay you well speaking swamp rat." Gina said with a smirk. She then cut the cards and the game was on. "So looking to loose your shirt?"

"Ol' Remme gonna make you eat those words petite." At the sound of the challenge Britanny perked up and walked over to see what we were doing.

"So a pet name for her?" Britanny said as she ran her arms over the top of my shoulders and placed her head on top of mine.

"Naw chere, just being polite. You know I only got eyes for my lady." I said as she kissed me on the top of my head. "Just Gambit not interested in a cat nap is all, and Bri seems quite….enthusiastic right now and we don't got much to do without being able to take the Blackbird no?"

"I'll try to have her take a break so we can get airborne before the end of lunch. Hope Gina packed food in the thing before we left."

"Excuse me ms fuzzy but you took the Blackbird without me knowing about it. Remember?"

Britanny blinked and then groaned. Gina was right, I had taken Britanny on this trip without Gina's action till she lightgated to Africa.

"Yea I remember." Britanny groaned.

"Now Chere you worry too much. Ol' Remme get that bird up we make a quick stop in Paree and get you some real food." I said calming down the towering beauty who was almost smothering me. "Then we head out to Ireland and by night we be making peace plans and head back to Atlanta to celebrate our engagement."

"You better go all out on that cooking babe." Britanny said. "The moment grandma Brigard finds out about you…."

"You makin' me wanna reconsider Chere? Cause I ain't that easy to get rid of." I said as I kissed her back.

"We are playing a game here lovebirds." Gina said as she took a look at her cards.

"Gambit playing too petite. Just for bigger stakes." I smiled back at the oldest Digger sister. "Now where are we?"

The game was an intense one, but Gambit is such a competent cardshark that I didn't sweat as Gina and Tanya tried their hand against me.

"So Tanya, why are you playing card again. I thought you didn't want to play against me after last time?" Gina asked as she held her cards close to her.

"Oh I'm not playing against you Gina." Tanya smirked as she kept her cards close to her chest. "I'm waiting to see you get the same treatment you gave me."

"Oh so you don't think I can beat him huh? I'll show you little furry sorceress." Gina smugly responded.

"Fair petite you have yourself a challenge." I smiled at her as I tapped my cards to the table and took a look at what I had. Game on.

So there we all were, in the middle of the African plains, playing a card game between two of the biggest card sharks in fiction going against oneanother as the heat of the sun was rising in the sky. If there was any time that Gina's incredible card skills meant little, it was this. Now dressed in dark clothing with a jacket while keeping a completely calm manner is not the easiest thing to do in the world, especially with a rather attractive woman is hanging on your shoulder watching over what you are doing.

Still I kept Gina in check with the game. Tanya was almost unconcerned with her own hand, but rather she kept her focus on me and Gina.

"Okay so, want to see a real cardshark at work huh?" Gina smiled as she kept her cards closer to her chest. Thought she did try to use her cleavage as an advantage.

"Every day Gambit look himself in the mirror he see the best in the world mon freur." I short back, as Britanny pressed her breasts to the back of my head. In a "nice try sis" move Britany started to purr a bit and I could feel her vibrations resonate through her bust. This had almost the opposite effect she was trying for as I almost lost my concentration on my game. But still I kept bidding and my cool. All the while the sounds of Brianna and Genn became a far more distant noise.

"So petite, you still think Gambit no be honest about his skills?" I ask as Gina was seen sweating off the end of her glasses. I wasn't sure if it was the heat of the noon sun or if it was her concentration, and I will spare you the boring wait of our mind game. Eventually though Gina smiled and decided to call.

"Okay buddy, I call. What you got?" She smiled as she put her cards on the table. "Cause I got myself a full house." True to her word Gina had three of a kind (9s) and a pair of fives.

"Well there petite Gambit be impressed, but I wonna be bragging against a straight flush." Yep I dropped my cards and there on the table was a straight flush of jack, ten, and nine, and eight of hearts. "Course I got the queen of hearts too…"

Britanny giggled a bit as she kissed my head.

"Well Tanya, how did you do?" Gina sighed as she accepted she got beat.

"This is only the second time I played this game and I still have no idea what I am doing." The kryn at the table said as she put her cards on the table and shrugged her shoulders. "Is this any good?" My eyes shot open, as did Gina and Britanny's. There on the table was a royal flush in the suite of spades. I started to laugh as I rocked into Britanny a bit, who too was chuckling.

"Jinkies did she?"

"Yep, now at least you no think Gambit be cheating huh?"

"So this is a good hand then?" Tanya smiled, as she put her hands on the table to collect the small amount of bidding items, mainly chewing gum and pocket change, that Gina and I had been throwing instead of chips.

"You got yourself the hottest hand in the deck." I said as our game was over and Britanny stood up and banged her knuckles against the hull of the Blackbird. I wasn't sure if that would actually work as the frame contained a large amount of vibranium and that metal absorbs vibrations.

"Hey Bri pack it it." Britanny yelled as she cupped her hands in front of her mouth. "The games over and you had enough time with Genn, so open up already we have to vent the cockpit and get on our way."

"I don't think we need the smell of sex filling our trip afterall." Britanny said to us on the ground. I just shifted back to myself, which made the bubblegum packs to vanish form Tanya's hands.

"Hey."

"Sorry Tanya, those were tied to the character I used. I'll buy you some when we get to civilization." I reassured my friend. This did put a smile on her face as the whole assembly was now standing in front of the Blackbird and were waiting for Brianna to open the door.

"Do you think she heard us?" Sean asked as he scratched his head.

"I'll give her a call." Gina said as she pulled out her communicator and dialed the Blackbird. "It will be at least loud enough for her to get the message."

"You didn't need to yell Cheets." Brianna said over the phone. "I just needed to get dressed sis." At that the walkway dropped down and there was Brianna in shorts and a muscle shirt. Well at least she was covered.

"So we heading off now?" Brianna said as she propped herself up against the side of the craft.

"First we load up camp, and then we leave." I said as I turned to break down the tents and plasma barrier that we had left up to keep everything safe. Before I could make my move a spotted yellow blurr dashed about the campsite and a woosh sound was all I saw till Britanny yelled from up the ramp.

"Hurry up slowpokes." She hailed us from inside the craft. "And where is the airfreshener? This place needs to be fanned out now." Britanny apparently got a nose full of Brianna and Genn's activity and I agreed that it was not something that we wanted to deal with during our flight.

"I'll break down the plasma barrier." Gina sighed. She just shook her head as she kept her distance from the responsibilities of the craft.

"Allow me to assist you princess." Ben said as he gave me a rough glance. I didn't know what his problem was, but didn't really matter. Gina had enough help with the barrier staffs so I just headed up the ramp after Ben, and yeah it reeked of sex. Brianna was unashamed of this and Genn was completely out of it as he lay buckled up in his chair. Thankfully already the buckles and latches were in place so the shape-shifter was ready to go.

"Thanks for the help." Britanny said without even noticing the guy, and just handed him a blanket. "See what you can do with this."

Ben blinked a he was unsure what exactly he was supposed to do with the sheet. I unrolled a bedsheet from the packed bedding and started to fan the air out the open gangplank. It was then that Ben got the idea and Britanny giggled as she cupped her fingers to her mouth.

"Have I ever told you how much I love you muffin?" Britanny giggled as saw me already taking initiative to correct the situation.

"Oh fairly often." I smile back. "About as much as I love you." Ben didn't seem to understand what to do. So I just opened up the blanket and used it to fan the air out of the cockpit and hopefully have some fresh air rush in. The dust level was kind of high and most of those outside started to gag as the cloud rushed out of the jet.

"Maybe we should get a vaccum cleaner?" I asked as the volume of dirt I was moving about was far worst than the smell of stale sex.

"What the heck have you been doing to my jet?" Gina dang near yelled as she was covered in a fresh layer of dirt with some of those plasma barrier shafts in her hand. Britanny took one look at her older sister and started to giggle.

"Need a cloth?" I asked as I offered Gina my shirt to clean off her glasses. She growled at me as she smeared her glasses on my shirt.

"Let's get going." Gina said as she plopped down in a chair and buckled up. "I want to be hope and take a shower as soon as possible."

Britanny just kept giggling as her dust covered sister huffed into her chair and fumed a bit. Gina took one look at Britanny and slapped her gloved hands together spraying dust into Britanny's face. My beloved then sneezed as the rapid influx of sediment irritated her sinuses.

"Why you little." Britanny growled a bit as she gripped her right hand into a fist and braced herself against the arm of a chair with her left.

"What?" Gina smugly smiled back at her sister. "You look good covered in dust."

"And you look like one of your finds in a museum." Britanny shot back.

"Can we please stop fighting?" I asked as I sat down at the pilot seat and shifted into Scott Summers again. "Everything and everyone packed?"

The boxes of scientific equipment was quickly packed and stacked by Sean and Megan in the back. Brianna made sure that the stuff was sealed properly and that everyone was properly buckled in. She even started acting the part of a stewardess and probably would have dressed up as one as a joke if she could.

"Please make sure that your belts are fastened and that your chairs are in an upright and locked position until the pilot has turned off the light." Brianna smiled as she patted Sean down as she buckled his belt.

"Wait, these chairs move?" Tanya said as she looked for the controls.

"They also have built-in massagers and heating pads, but please leave those alone until we are off the ground." I asked as activated the VTOL systems. The launch was a bit rough as usual, and why we had to make sure everyone was strapped down and all things secured during take-off.

"Okay next stop, Atlanta Georgia." The massive arch reactor output caused the two engines to roar as our aircraft shot into the African sky. Kinda reminded me of the Aliens drop ship for a second as Genn was doing a pretty good version of Hick's taking a nap scene.

I just shook my head as I turned the Blackbird towards the States and hit the thrust for all it was worth when we were in the higher altitudes. And for someone like Scott to be at the controls, it feel so good to put this jet through it's paces. Now the inertia dampeners and such prevented the crew from feeling the turns and G-force, but still when you saw the heavens go by like the Millennium Falcon had stars shoot past there is such a thing as pure joy.

"How long do you think it is going to take us to…" Sean started to ask as I started to decend back towards the ground. What can I say the Blackbird was faster than a Concord.

"I think that we are arriving now." Megan said as the sky quickly gave way to vast fields of green. Thankfully for us we were completely free of any flightpaths from the Atlanta International Airport and the cloaking device was working like a charm.

"So Gina want to activate the landing zone?" I asked her as we could just about see the city below us.

"Already open and ready for landing." Gina smiled as she touched the pad of her computer unit. Some sort of tricorder/pre-tablet hybrid thing that she always had around. I could then see the landing pad rise up into place on the computer console and guided the aircraft into a perfect landing on top of the retracting subterranean unit. I then shut down the engines and cooled the reactor sequence as the wheels were locked into place and we saw the steel plating overhead close with the light above going away and the series of florescent lighting turn on in the insides of GoldDigger industries.

I let the walkway drop as I turned back into my usual self, took Britanny's hand in mine, and kissed her fingers.

"Well muffin, ready to face the music?" Britanny asked.

"No but then who ever really is?" I replied as we walked down the causeway and saw two rather familiar faces and a third younger man next to Theo. He was dressed in a mage outfit like Theo but had dark hair and looked to be twenty something.

"Well now how was the trip?" Theodore asked as he smoked his pipe. "See anything interesting along the way?" His genuine smile seemed to radiate a pleasant air to him, which I wasn't sure was augmented by his aura magic or now.

"Daddy, you wouldn't believe this but…" Britanny said as she wrapped her arm around my shoulder and we walked hand in hand to them. "We have some news, actually a lot of news." She smiled.

"Awe my baby is going to be married." Julia beamed with hearts in her eyes, followed by her running up and hugging us both and nearly squeezing the lift out of me. She is half-giantess after all. "I'm so happy for you two…"

She thankfully let me go before she completely squeezed the life out of me, but her smile was worth the momentary pain of nearly having a compressed lung.

"So what else happened on your trip? See anything interesting in Ireland?" Julia smiled completely focused on the two of us. "Did you chase any more leprechauns my dear?" She teased Britanny.

"Well not leprechauns mom, but we did meet with Jetta's brother and have another big surprise to share." Britanny took her mother's hands and smiled. "Mom I want you to meet some special people from Africa. Brian Savemore, Sean, and Megan…they are, well part of my people and they came to meet all of you." At that moment Brian stepped down from the Blackbird and was in awe of the building he found himself in. The big reveal almost sucked the air right out of Theo and Julia's lungs as he stood up at the end of the walkway looked at both of the heads of the Diggers family, and bowed respectfully to them.

"Greetings Dr. and Mrs. Diggers. I am Brian Savemore, the assigned guardian and bodyguard of Princess Britanny from her people in Africa. It is an honor to be in the company of those that have protected our future ruler and raised her to be the great warrior that she is. I and the rest of my people thank you." It was as the microphone just dropped as the only sound for what seemed like forever was the pipe from Theo's mouth hitting the floor with a resounding thud.

Author's notes: I hope that you enjoyed this update and I hope to hear back from all my fans soon.